‘The Following,’ Season 1, Episode 5, ‘The Siege’: TV Recap

Everything seems to go so slow and yet so fast on The Following. It feels like forever since we’ve been looking for Joey, the son of a convicted serial killer Joe Carroll.

He’s still up in upstate New York with his babysitter and the two next door gay neighbors who aren’t really gay. They’re both sleeping with Denise/Emma. Joey is able to make a quick call home in the middle of the night. But the FBI only gets a partial idea of where he is.

Back in prison, Carroll is trying to ask a lawyer for help. He likes one particular lawyer, Olivia. She gives a press conference where she quotes Poe. Seriously, can he not find any other writer?

The press conference sets off another chain of events that does not look like they’ll have a happy ending.

Ryan Hardy is off to find Joey again. He tells Claire that after he brings Joey home, the two of them will talk about how their relationship ended. Sure.

Carroll sends a message through Olivia to Claire that she has to go alone to some street or she’ll never see her son again.

Back in the barnland, Jacob keeps trying to kill Meghan, the girl Paul brought home. It’s not happening. But Joey has overheard Denise/Emma and Paul talking about how he needs a good smacking. So he disappears and runs away.

Joey finds some friendly neighbors who call the police. But Denise catches up to Joey and then has to “thank” the neighbors.

Claire is waiting at the diner. At the same time, some new scary people show up at the Farmhouse and tell Emma/Denise that it’s time to go. Just as the police are a few miles away finding the dead friendly neighbors.

Ryan and another local officer find the house with Joey and gang – just as they’re trying to leave. The new bad guys see the police sneaking around. One of them shoots the nice local police guy, then Hardy comes around and shoots the new bad guy.

Claire sneaks out of the restaurant to get to the corner where she’s supposed to meet Joey. A van drives up and tells her to get in. How is this a good idea?

Olivia goes back to meet Joe Carroll. She confirms that she sent the message to Claire and gave the press conference but that they haven’t found his son yet. She doesn’t want to do anymore, but he says they have so much more to do. Apparently he’s cut off some of her fingers before when she hasn’t done what he wanted.

OK, I want them to kill Meghan the kidnapped girl already.

She cannot seem to keep quiet at all, even when it’s really important. Seriously, why would you be screaming so the bad guys know someone is in the basement and will come and kill you?

Joey sees Hardy in the house. Joey is about to come up to Hardy and then Paul sneaks up with a gun. And then end.

Next week: Claire has her own following. And everyone’s surrounding the house. Who will get out?